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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Physician's Materia Medica on Wormwood (absinthium)

WORMWOOD (Absinthium)
   The leaves and tops of ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM, Lin. Bitter tonic, diuretic, narcotic, anthelmintic, vulnerary. Employed chiefly in atonic and flatulent dyspepsia.1


References

1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.